Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Fri Oct 27, 2023 8:46 pm  

Although my maths skills are good enough,I really can't be bothered to delve into the ins and outs of the IMG points system and just go with the flow of other peoples calculations.The one thing I will say is LONDON! Surely they must have been the Holy Grail for IMG from the outset,and 'cor blimey me old son' they've only gone and done it! The figures seem to say that in 2025 London will be catapulted into oblivion, never to be seen again.Does anyone think that a bit of skullduggery of the highest order might come into play, because I do.

[PopTart]

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Fri Oct 27, 2023 8:57 pm  

No. They don't need skulduggery.
They need a new stadium and some fans.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:41 pm  

PopTart wrote:

No. They don't need skulduggery.
They need a new stadium and some fans.

Fans definitely but other than not owning it their stadium is pretty smart.

They are though already relegated before a ball has been kicked.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Sat Oct 28, 2023 8:58 am  

Know what you're saying PT,but IMG and especially SKY,will want them to retain their place.London would have been a longish project but suddenly everthing's changed.They are in it NOW,so there will be top minds working flat out to keep them there.Expect to hear words bandied about back end of next year such as 'temporary dispensation',(that will turn permanent) and 'London weighting', due to high stadium costs.Or maybe it's just the cinic in me with most things when it comes to the capital.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:08 am  

PopTart wrote:

No. They don't need skulduggery.
They need a new stadium and some fans.

I dont know how many fans they have but, their home ground in the new Wimbledon FC ground, capacity just over 9000 and somewhat better than some other SL stadia.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Sat Oct 28, 2023 10:22 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

I dont know how many fans they have but, their home ground in the new Wimbledon FC ground, capacity just over 9000 and somewhat better than some other SL stadia.

They don’t have primary tenure so they’re not scoring many points for that stadium, also the regularly are unable to play their home fixtures there and use Roslyn park, a community RU club with similar facilities to say Sharlston Rovers, I know as I attended a game their last year v Dewsbury. Also they get £0 income from the Cherry Red stadium.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Sat Oct 28, 2023 1:00 pm  

financialtimes wrote:

They don’t have primary tenure so they’re not scoring many points for that stadium, also the regularly are unable to play their home fixtures there and use Roslyn park, a community RU club with similar facilities to say Sharlston Rovers, I know as I attended a game their last year v Dewsbury. Also they get £0 income from the Cherry Red stadium.

That may be so, but several clubs have scored well without primacy of tenure or receiving any income from the stadium. I'm thinking of Wigan, Hull, Huddersfield, Salford, Leigh but they must have received some ground and income credit to have scored as highly as they have done.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Sat Oct 28, 2023 1:09 pm  

FSW wrote:

That may be so, but several clubs have scored well without primacy of tenure or receiving any income from the stadium. I'm thinking of Wigan, Hull, Huddersfield, Salford, Leigh but they must have received some ground and income credit to have scored as highly as they have done.

Leigh have primary tenure of their stadium, Hudds have an equal stake in their ground with Town and the council, Wigans new owners now the ground. Less said about Salfords score the better as I can’t for one minute see how they get their Score and Hull FC were always going to score well.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Sat Oct 28, 2023 1:17 pm  

If they wanted London in they have not helped their cause by making their score public. The figure is so low as to make it impossible to gain enough points to reach the top 12. The one thing that appears clear is that whatever you think of IMG they are not influenced by outside forces therefore eliminating conspiracy theories.
I think we can now assume that the final 12 will be based on a club’s performance against the IMG rating rather than preferred status based on location alone.

Re: IMG Announce Proposed Criteria for Super League 2025 : Thu Dec 07, 2023 6:02 pm  

Looks like have had the appeal dismissed on the points fiasco but their points should be increased slightly when resubmitted